Washington, May 22 -- Congresswoman Valerie Foushee issued the following press release:

Yesterday, Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) voted to advance the BUILD America 250 Act, a bipartisan, five-year surface transportation reauthorization package, out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The bill passed the committee by a 62-2 vote.

"Though I continue to have deep concerns about the baseless attacks on clean transit and electric vehicles included in this surface transportation reauthorization package, the importance of properly funding our nation's infrastructure has never been more critical while the Trump Administration continues to prioritize their extremist agenda over actually delivering results for the Amer...